Additional APIs and support for custom integrations
David F. Carr
Would love to see some additional documented filters, actions, and other APIs for custom integration.
Wishlist
* An API for adding widgets to the designer so I could add a button for integrating content of my custom post type.
* A way of dynamically filtering email addresses out of a list when sending. If I have a newsletter of people who are interested in events, I don't want to keep pestering them to RSVP for an event they have already registered for. So filter registered attendees out of the main list when sending promotions. Send registrants different follow up messages. Currently, I think I'd have to create different lists for each event to make this work.
* I have something in my own email utility that grabs the YouTube thumbnail image of any post that includes a YouTube url. I'd like to see MailPoet do the same thing -- if no featured image is configured for a post that includes a YouTube video, display the YouTube thumbnail as the featured image for that post.
* A variation on the above would be for you to provide a filter developers could work in to alter the appearance of a blog preview or featured image (would me allow me to add that YouTube preview). I wouldn't necessarily want to alter how the post is displayed on the website; this would be specifically for display in a MailPoet email.
Philipp Stracker
Some related requests - I think there is a growing need for better developer support:
https://mailpoet.canny.io/feature-requests/p/add-more-wp-actions-and-filters
https://mailpoet.canny.io/feature-requests/p/api-to-create-custom-content-blocks
https://mailpoet.canny.io/feature-requests/p/api-designed-for-users-above-novice
Ján Mikláš
Hi David, thanks for the suggestions. We plan to add more actions and filters as part of https://mailpoet.canny.io/feature-requests/p/automations, but I can't promise these specific will be added. Let's see if there are others with similar needs.
David F. Carr
For blog posts that include YouTube video, I created this plugin to grab the featured image from YouTube. Wanted this partly for MailPoet but also other summary blog listings that show a thumbnail. https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-youtube/